So 100m Runners Are A Bit Dim?

[joggerjayne]

Stay with me here.

The Paralympics includes a category for learning disadvantaged athletes.

An event is eligible for this category if mental, cognitive capacity is relevant to the ability to perform the sport.

Learning disadvantaged athletes will not be running the 100m.

Why not?

Because the IOC define the 100m as a "non cognitive" discipline.

In other words ... you can do the 100m if you're a bit thick.

Or a total air head.

Whereas the 1500m is seen as a "thinking runner's" event.

Is this fair?

[DTCwordfan]

"never mind the quality, feel the length" or is that the other way round.....

[HowardKennitby]

seems fair to me.

[joggerjayne]

Well Ben Jonson was obviously a bit thick.

And Linford Christie.

[DTCwordfan]

The brains are in the hips and bums for sprinters......footballers in their boots.

[sunny-dave]

Pole Vaulters ... ?

[joggerjayne]

LOL, LOL, LOL

[snags]

To me, Linford Christie always came across as a bit thick.

[snags]

Damn, didn't see your post JJ...

[joggerjayne]

snags ... I'm thinking long and hard about that post.

[joggerjayne]

Oh, sorry snags ... I thought you were doing a thick willy gag.

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[Wharton]

A bloke I knew who used to coach the local college football team told me that the trouble with the team was that their brains were all in their heads.

[seadogg]

My grand daughter is a county schools sprinter. Apart from the love of running she is aware that it will be a string to her bow in aiming for an Oxbridge degree course. Maybe she should switch to 1500m.

[Prudie]

I don't they are dim just don't need to think - in 100m you just come off the blocks and run like the clappers.

[Andyvon]

Seems fair to me. To compete in the 100m only really requires a short burst of explosive energy. To compete in longer races requires an understanding of tactics and the other competitors. That's especially illustrated in the Marathon but in the longer track distances too.

Look at those athletes who excel at events that mostly require raw explosive power - not just sprinting but sports like boxing and football. Those footballers who rely on raw power tend to be 'strikers' but players with something up top tend to play in midfield where they control the game. Most of those who rely on explosive power hardly tend to be the brightest bulbs in the box! People with more intelligence tend to take part in longer races or sports such as skating, gymnastics, skiing, tennis etc - all those disciplines that require skill, tactics and intelligence.

[owdhamer]

At one time it was accepted that most successful sports people were of above average intelligence,Joey Barton were did it go wrong.

[jno]

as Prudie says, they may or may not be dim, the thing is that over 100m it doesn't matter. Thinking would just, ooh, look at that pretty bird, gosh, there aren't many people here today, are there, should I paint the bedroom blue or beige, slow you down.

[joggerjayne]

seadogg ... encourage her to go for it.

Girl sprinters are coooo ... ooool !

(I ran 400m when I wasn't playing lacrosse or netball)

And if it helps her Oxbridge aspirations, then fab.

And sprinters develop, err ... well, let's just say that we look good in jeans!

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